Martinsville
Overview
Event: Dead On Tools 250
Date: October 28, 2023
Time: 3:30 p.m. eastern
Location: Martinsville Speedway
Layout: .526 mile oval
Laps: 250
Miles: 131.5
Stage Lengths: 60/120/250
TV: USA Network and the NBC Sports app
Radio: Sirius XM Channel 90 and MRN. Click here for stations.
Driver Points: 2161, ranked #10
News and notes:
“After a really strong weekend at Miami where I felt like from the first lap of practice through the race,” says Parker Kligerman, “Our Big Machine Racing Team excelled at a really high level. It’s been awesome to see us keep up the great performances even after being knocked out of the playoffs. No quit in this team! Looking ahead to Martinsville has me excited since we have been fast on every single track type the second half of the year and seemed to have zeroed in on the setup packages we need. I know Patrick Donahue and my engineer Cody McKenzie have been hard at work crafting our setup for this weekend. I look forward to keeping up the momentum and moving up in the points standings!“
The NASCAR Xfinity Series heads back to the ‘Paperclip’ of short tracks
As the series winds down the 2023 season, the NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers will now be heading to Martinsville Speedway for the penultimate race – the Dead On Tools 250.
This will be the 41st NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Martinsville Speedway. The previous 40 races have produced 26 different race winners and 21 different pole winners. Only six races have been won from the pole or first starting position, but it’s been over 35 years since a driver was able to accomplish the feat – most recently by Jimmy Hensley in 1987.
This season will be the fourth consecutive year that Martinsville Speedway serves as the penultimate, or sixth race in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs, the elimination race of the Round of 8 (2020 – 2023). The track was not on the NASCAR Xfinity Series schedule from 2007 to 2019.
A few drivers have been able to etch their names in the Martinsville Speedway record books – Sam Ard (most wins – five), Brett Bodine (most poles - five), Dale Jarrett (most top fives – 11), Jimmy Hensley and Tommy Houston (tied for most top 10s – 17), and Tommy Ellis (most laps led – 713).
Three drivers in the field have already taken the checkered flag at the 0.526-mile track, one of which is a Playoff contender – John Hunter Nemechek (2023), along with Brandon Jones (2022) and Josh Berry (2021).
Although he hasn’t won a race at Martinsville Speedway. Justin Allgaier could also be a favorite to win this weekend as he knows what it takes to win the penultimate race of the season. In 2019, he won the final race in the Round of 8 when it was held at Phoenix Raceway.